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Literacy Coach
Academic Language
Formal Language
Literacy Coaching
Classroom Anchor Charts
Academic Vocabulary
Teaching Vocabulary
Chart Ideas
Classroom Tips
Academic Vocabulary Cards
Assessment questions include this language and students are unable to read and/or comprehend the meaning of the Academic Vocabulary in context. Students are unable to successfully answer assessment questions correctly when they cannot read and comprehend these words. Therefore, educators need to make an explicit instructional effort to immerse students in the “formal” language. Students need to be able to make meaning of the Academic Language and Vocabulary words that are asked on assessments.
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Text Now
Classroom Organization Elementary
Classroom Planning
Supporting Details
Improving Written Comprehension and Responses! [+ 2 FREEBIES!] - Dianna Radcliff
How to Improve Written Comprehension for students struggling to compose text independently. Tips, tricks and resources to easily improve students written responses. In the written response, students need to restate part of the question in their answer, answer all parts of the question, along with supporting details and text evidence as proof of their answer. There are a few little things we can all do as teachers to help improve written comprehension and response!
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Note Strategies
Reading Intervention Strategies
Guided Reading Organization
Anecdotal Notes
I HEART Guided Reading BUNDLE
The form gives you valuable information in a quick format. It focuses on: Reading Behaviors to look for per instructional level and Comprehension Questions to ask per instructional level. Based off of the Reading Behaviors and Comprehension Questions, you can then note strategies and skills to work on with the reader. This is not only great documentation to drive your instruction, but also for your Assessment/Data Binder.
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Question Stems
Group Discussion
Critical Thinking Questions
Reading Level Question Stems [Oral or Written Comp.]
The questions in this pack are aligned by reading levels so students can have explicit instruction and practice answering during whole group and small group time in class. We also want students to orally and visually be able to read these types of questions and understand what is being asked of them.
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Improving Written Comprehension and Responses! [+ 2 FREEBIES!] - Dianna Radcliff
How to Improve Written Comprehension for students struggling to compose text independently. Tips, tricks and resources to easily improve students written responses. In the written response, students need to restate part of the question in their answer, answer all parts of the question, along with supporting details and text evidence as proof of their answer. There are a few little things we can all do as teachers to help improve written comprehension and response!
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Penmanship Practice
Elementary Lessons
Improving Written Comprehension and Responses! [+ 2 FREEBIES!] - Dianna Radcliff
How to Improve Written Comprehension for students struggling to compose text independently. Tips, tricks and resources to easily improve students written responses. In the written response, students need to restate part of the question in their answer, answer all parts of the question, along with supporting details and text evidence as proof of their answer. There are a few little things we can all do as teachers to help improve written comprehension and response!
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Academic Vocabulary Cards
Assessment questions include this language and students are unable to read and/or comprehend the meaning of the Academic Vocabulary in context. Students are unable to successfully answer assessment questions correctly when they cannot read and comprehend these words. Therefore, educators need to make an explicit instructional effort to immerse students in the “formal” language. Students need to be able to make meaning of the Academic Language and Vocabulary words that are asked on assessments.
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Upper Elementary Resources
Text Dependent Questions
Independent Activities
Text Evidence
American Symbols
Reading Comprehension Passages with Standards Based Text Dependent Questions
Use High-Interest, Complex Informational Text in your classroom to engage students in the Reading Informational Standards! Practice questions per standard that require students to find Text Evidence and use Written Responses. Close Reading in your classroom can be done in a variety of ways that works for you! {Whole Group, Small Group or as Independent Activities depending on your class}
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Types Of Assessments
Co Teaching
Why You Need to Teach Academic Vocabulary in the Classroom - Dianna Radcliff
If you want your students to be able to succeed and construct meaning, you will have to teach them academic vocabulary. Academic language is the teacher’s standard or object known as a formal language. This comes right from the standards that are being taught in your classroom. These are also the style of language used in state exams and other types of assessments.
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Why You Need to Teach Academic Vocabulary in the Classroom - Dianna Radcliff
If you want your students to be able to succeed and construct meaning, you will have to teach them academic vocabulary. Academic language is the teacher’s standard or object known as a formal language. This comes right from the standards that are being taught in your classroom. These are also the style of language used in state exams and other types of assessments.
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Why You Need to Teach Academic Vocabulary in the Classroom - Dianna Radcliff
If you want your students to be able to succeed and construct meaning, you will have to teach them academic vocabulary. Academic language is the teacher’s standard or object known as a formal language. This comes right from the standards that are being taught in your classroom. These are also the style of language used in state exams and other types of assessments.
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Teaching Students to Construct Written Response to Text! - Dianna Radcliff
Written response is viewed as the highest level of comprehension because students are able to communicate in writing their learning and viewpoints. With this assessment format students are forced to demonstrate the extent of their knowledge. Having students explain their thinking in an assessment is more valuable to teachers.
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Reading Anchor Charts
The Best Anchor Charts - Dianna Radcliff
The Best Anchor Charts for your ELA classroom all together in one place! You will find outlines to utilize in Reading Literature, Reading Informational, Writing and Language. Explained in this blog post is about the purpose of utilizing anchor charts in your daily instruction. Along with tips to organize your charts.
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Improving Written Comprehension and Responses! [+ 2 FREEBIES!] - Dianna Radcliff
There are a few little things we can all do as teachers to help improve written comprehension and response! In the written response, students need to restate part of the question in their answer, answer all parts of the question, along with supporting details and text evidence as proof of their answer.
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Written Response Rubrics
Implementing rubrics and checklists offer students a visual guide and check to completing a written response. Teachers need to refer to the rubric as a guide and model how to use the rubric to improve the written response quality. Using rubrics as a self-check, partner-check and in teacher/student conferences is also another way to implement. This will help students comprehend the components of the rubric which will help them in future written responses.